NCC Primary to Seconday transfer (Sept 18) fact sheet

Transfer to secondary school (year 7) – September 2018
If your child lives in Nottinghamshire and you require a school place in September 2018 you must
apply through Nottinghamshire County Council.
Key points:
You need to apply on time. You can apply
from 7 August 2017 until 31 October 2017.
Applying after the deadline reduces your
chances of getting a place at your preferred
school.
You can apply online at
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
You should list 4 schools in the order you most
prefer.
If it is not possible to offer any of your
preferences, the County Council may make an
offer of a school place that is further away from
your home address – this will be at a school
where there are places available after all on
time preferences have been considered.
Admission oversubscription criteria are
used by admission authorities to decide how
places are allocated when there are more
applications than places available. Refer to
Admissions to schools: School information
2018-2019 for admission oversubscription
criteria for individual schools.
You should tell us any information that is
relevant to your application which may
affect how the admission oversubscription
criteria are applied.
Tell us if you move house as this may affect
how your application is considered.
Your application can only be discussed with
the applicant or agreed contact.
Last year:
Over 98% of families who applied on time
were offered one of their preferred schools.
70% of families who only made one
preference were given an alternative offer.
Making an application
Applications are accepted from 7 August 2017
until 31 October 2017.
Online applications
The best way to apply is online before the closing
date at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
You will find information to help you through the
registration process. If you do not have an email
account, you will need to set one up.
Applying online is completely safe and secure and
you can make changes to your application right up
to the closing date. We will send an email
confirming that we have received your preferences.
If you make any change to your application you
must resubmit otherwise it may not be processed
correctly.
Remember to make a note of your user name,
security question and unique identification number
as you will need these to change passwords and
access the system. If you forget your password
you can reset it online.
We recommend that you make 4 preferences.
This includes any schools you may wish to
apply for that are outside Nottinghamshire.
List your 4 preferences in order starting with the
one you would most like your child to attend.
Remember that living in the catchment area,
attending a linked school or having a brother or
sister attending a school does not guarantee
that your application will be successful.
We recommend that one of the schools on your
application should be one where you are sure
that your child will meet one of the higher
criteria for admission.
The popularity of a school may affect the chances
of your child getting a place there. Admissions to
schools: Guide for parents 2018-2019 gives details
of how many places are available and a breakdown
of how places were allocated last year which you
may find helpful.
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Supporting information
Please check the admission oversubscription
criteria carefully before applying, as some schools
require additional information to support your
application. Supplementary forms are available
from the school or at
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
This information must be submitted before the
closing date.
If you have written evidence from a doctor, social
worker or other relevant professional stating that
your preferred school is the only school that can
cater for your child’s needs, you will need to submit
this at the time of application. This will help
admission authorities to consider your application
fully.
If your child has a physical disability that affects
their mobility you should speak to the head teacher
of the school you prefer before making any final
decisions. Alternatively, you can contact the
Integrated Children’s Disability Service for further
advice (0115 977 3779).
How places are allocated
If a school has more applications than places
available, the admission oversubscription criteria
help to decide how places are allocated. These
criteria and some definitions will vary from school to
school, so it is important that you check on our
website www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
for full details of your preferred schools.
Late applications and changes of preferences
received after the closing date will not be
considered until all on-time applications have been
dealt with. Last year more than 93% of parents who
applied on time were offered a place at their first
preference school.
Home address/moving house
The address you give on your application must be
the one at which your child is permanently living on
the closing date for applications. We will not
accept a business address, the home of a relative
or a child minder’s address, even if your child stays
there for all or part of the week. If your child lives at
separate addresses, the address where the child
permanently spends at least three ‘school’ nights
(that is, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday) will be taken to be the place of
residence – this will need to be verified and we
may ask you for proof.
It is your responsibility to let us know if you
move house. We will need this in writing. This
is very important.
If you move house after you have submitted your
application it may affect how your application is
considered against the school’s admission
oversubscription criteria. You may be required to
provide evidence of your new address so we can
verify that your child is resident at your new
property. It is important that we receive this
information as soon as possible so that your
application can be processed correctly.
If you do not provide this information, we will
use the original address given on your
application for the purpose of allocating a
school place.
If your address changes after 1 December 2017,
the address given on your original application will
be used for the purpose of allocating a school
place.
We will investigate any applications where there
are doubts about the information provided and we
undertake random checks to verify that information
provided by parents is genuine. If we receive an
application where the address is proven to be
fraudulent, any offer based on that address may be
withdrawn.
Transport to school
Remember when considering your preferences that
you are responsible for getting your child to school
and applying for transport if you think you are
eligible. Information on transport is available at
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
Next Steps
If you apply online you will receive an email with
the outcome of your application on
1 March 2018. All other applicants will be notified
by letter posted second class on this day.
Outcomes cannot be given over the telephone.
General contact information:
Phone: 0300 500 80 80
Monday to Friday: 8am to 8pm
Saturday: 8am to 12 noon
(Calls cost no more than calls to standard
geographic numbers (01 or 02) and will also be
included in inclusive minutes and discount
schemes).
Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk
Website: nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Minicom: 01623 434993
Phone 0300 500 80 80 if you need the information
in a different language or format.
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